April 29th, 2009 
Aman Aam Admi Ke Badhte Kadam Har Kadam Par Bharat Buland
The campaign for the 15th . Every party has come up with their election manifestos. Every party is trying to lure the voters to vote for them. Congress also has come up with a bundle of promises that it would want to fulfill once back in power after the elections. Most of the critics feel that the congress party is still trying the same age old guns and stance. Once again the party is banking on the issues related to the weaker sections and the minority sections of the society. Well it is not an incorrect approach. The only problem is that this is not a new approach. This is the party which has been in power for decades. In fact the party that has ruled India almost every 5 years in a decade since independence. Thus the common man of India expects a lot from them. There is a lot of pressure on the party because of the fact that it is the party that was in power the longest in India and they already have their government which they will have to defend. This is what congress is asking in its manifesto, “We seek a fresh mandate on the basis of our heritage, record of service and vision of the future. We reaffirm our unflinching commitment to the welfare of all our people, especially to the well-being of the weaker sections of our society.
When you look at the manifesto of the congress you will find that the congress has compared itself with every other party that is not a part of UPA – the alliance that it has with other regional and national parties to form government in the Center. Congress talks about its past and has tried make fun of its main opponent BJP which look a bit immature. Like other parties it has talked about the fight against terrorism. Though it has once again stressed on the decentralization by bringing in the song of Panchayati Raj. I do know how much impact this can make in favor of congress.
The congress has promised that there would be a balanced approach in dealing everything as it did in the past. It has stressed that because of its balanced approach only the country in standing in a good stead though recession has hit almost entire world. It has claimed that it created balance between the public sector and the private sector to ensure that the growth is not hindered. It has assigned important roles to the cooperatives and self help groups. There is a balanced between building of a refreshed modern economy and imparting a new thrust on the traditional industries. The balance between promoting employment in the organized sector and protecting the lives of those in the unorganized sector has been stressed upon. It has mentioned the balanced between the urban parts of India and the improvement of the quality of life in the villages. Congress claims the balance between the globalization and benefits being flown to the local levels.
There are many other things that have been discussed in the manifest of the congress. I would wonder if that can help them fetch votes. This is because of two things. One the Indian voter never looks at statistics. Second Indian voter needs and interpreter to understand what exactly congress has said in its manifesto. Indian voter would not be able to understand how the balanced approach helped India stay away from recession? There are many other questions. The only thing that attracts the voter is the approach of a political party. The way the political leader of congress have dealt with the voters in the past 5 years and of course now there is a huge possibility that the voter of India would give a second chance to the congress and its alliance because no matter what promises other political parties have made in their political manifestoes congress has worked for the past 5 years and they also have put their government on the stake on some issues which the voter of India understand. There should not be any surprise if congress comes to power again. They really have made life easy in the past 5 years which was not experienced earlier.
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